A summer holiday favourite perfect for the British spring's combination of scintillating sunshine and sudden sharp showers.It's funny how quick the British are to forget the damp privations of our dreary winters. The first sunny ...

The yule log - a worthy addition to the British Christmas feast, or a sickly continental import for people incapable of appreciating a good fruit cake?It is a truth universally accepted that Christmas isn't what ...

Are sauteed potatoes even better than chips or just bubble and squeak without the cabbage?I was somewhat puzzled when sauteed potatoes appeared on the list of suggestions for this column. For a start, the highest ...

Many consider pilaf rice's finest hour. Do you prefer palau, pilau or plov, and do you have a trick for that all-important golden tah-dig?Pilaf is an old, old dish, the complexities of which belie the ...